HubSpot CRM vs Salesflare: Which is a better fit?

Monica: My name is Monica and I am an administrative and operations manager. Our company consists of 12 people and I would give HubSpot a 4-star rating. We were using Salesforce and the way it was described by my management was as an glorified database. Apparently, we did need support for every step that we needed to follow and support wasn't great, so it just took a lot of work to get simple tasks done. Yeah. I chose HubSpot myself actually. I did some research and I wanted a platform where I could have all of my activities in one place. So not only I have the CRM software, I can also distribute our newsletter and I can also get reports on the activity that I get with my customers and contacts. So initially, I tried it because it was a free platform that offered very sophisticated tools. And I ended up staying with it just because I can have everything in one place, even manage my social media accounts. At first, getting started with HubSpot was very easy. It is very intuitive. It is very well-designed. Later on, I did have some questions. I didn't have the time necessarily to explore the more complex tools, so I did reach out to the sales team. To be honest, it took some time to get an appointment. I got canceled three times so that wasn't great. But the software and the design itself is pretty good where I was able to set it up myself. I would say, if you want to try HubSpot, to watch some videos about all the capabilities. There is even a very short project-oriented course available online. I believe that it's on Coursera. That is very useful. They guide you through every step of the way and they show all the many different free tools that are available which is great because they're not pushing a sale. They are rather just teaching you how to use the software. And yeah, just watch a bunch of videos and do spend some time exploring the many available tools.

Miguel D.: My name is Miguel. I'm the sales manager for Latin America. We are selling luggage to many countries, and I give Salesflare five out of five. Before Salesflare, we were mainly doing the CRM with Excel or Google Sheets. Sometimes we use tools like HubSpot, but this was all very basic or too complex for what we needed. That's why we explored Salesflare and it became the best option for us. We chose Salesflare because we read very, very good reviews about it. Also, we join Zoom because the founder is really active. He's everywhere and he called very often, Zooms or video calls to show how to use a product and that give us a lot of confidence. Also, after we know the tool, we go there and we have a try and it's really easy to use. This is the most important thing for us. It's very easy. It has so many tools, but it's still relatively easy to use. And getting started was really easy because the dashboard is simple. You just start. They have a shortcut button, so you can just click and start adding with your company, your contacts. It will synchronize you with your email, your calendar, so probably in couple of hours most of your information is already there and you can start checking the funnel for your sales. We are considering Salesflare. My advice will be that you join one of these webinars or Zooms or vehicles that the founder is holding often, so you can ask anything. You also should explore the tool because I think they have a free trial and it's a really good tool for small, medium business entrepreneurs, so it is really good option.